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Emilio Ghione and the Mask of Za La Mort
No full textThis study aims to examine the cultural impact of Emilio Ghione's Za La Mort films (1914-1924) on Italian culture. These films constitute a significant Italian combination of several early cinema genres and sub-genres, such as the apache film, the traces of which have almost entirely disappeared. More broadly, the changing interpretations of Za La Mort figure allow us to understand wider shifts in Italian and European popular culture.
The first chapter of the study considers the wealth of influences from European popular culture that Emilio Ghione merged into the apache films, such as the apache sub-culture in Paris. The second chapter of the study then reconstructs the Za La Mort filmography, most of which has now been lost, from film viewings and archival documents. The third chapter considers Emilio Ghione's Za La Mort novels and theatrical productions in the years 1922-1930, and Ghione's attempts to make Za La Mort a more Fascist and nationalistic figure. The fourth chapter considers the enduring figure of Za La Mort in Italian popular culture, especially in Raffaele Matarazzo's Fumeria D'Oppio and a 1940's fumetti series. The fifth chapter considers the audience reception of the Za La Mort films from the limited remaining evidence and, positioning the series between the Cinema of Attractions of the 1900s and the Classical Cinema of the mid-1920's, analyses how the Za La Mort films were constructed to please a predominantly working class audience that valued spectacular thrills and great acting performances over narrative consistency and stable characterisation.
This research re-establishes the importance of one of Italian cinema's most important film-makers of the silent period, and his enduring importance as a popular cultural figure in Italy
Alternative producer-consumer relationships: the AgroGeoTrace project and the speciality products virtual roads
No full textThe AgroGeoTrace (AGT) project makes use of Geographical Information Systems and multichannel information technologies to facilitate the access of final consumers to local food speciality products. The project builds a prototype of an informative system designed, first, to help consumers to understand the agronomic and technological characteristics that make the targeted products special ones, and, second, to precisely and easily locate the sites (farms and oil mills) where they can buy them. The information made available through the project is intended to the symbolic relocalization of the regional products, hence to promote them and to create added value. The final outcomes of the project are the virtual maps of on-farm shops made available on Digital television (channel In+), PDAs and mobile phones.food speciality products, short agro-food chains, Geographical Information Systems, Agribusiness,
Emilio Quevedo, historian of Colombian medicine
No full textNo solo es el artífice de los libros que dan cuenta de los hechos que sucedieron en la medicina nacional por varios siglos, también es el promotor de la reconstrucción de la historia médica en Latinoamérica. Perfil de uno de los personajes más sobresalientes de la historia de la medicina.Not only is he the author of books recounting the milestones of Colombian medicine over several centuries; he is also the prime mover behind the reconstruction of medical history in Latin America. This is the profile of one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine
Mitologije Arberesev
No full textIn this article Emilio Cocco investigates the reasons why it should be important to write of the contemporary political mythology of the Arbereshe, an old Albanian minority that settled in Southern Italy from the 16th century onwards. Emilio Cocco assumes that some good reasons can be found in the political situation concerning Albania, Italy and broadly speaking the whole regional stability. Although the importance of such a tiny ethnic community could be consideed residual, the author suggests that on the contrary a reflection on Arbereshe mythological self-representation should be endorsed, especially nowadays. In fact, Emilio Cocco thinks that from little occurences and smal phenomena it might be possibile to better understand larger problems. Even though, for many observers could not be easy to see the link between the populr imagination in some scattered villages and international security problems. Conversely, it is exactly when the outburst of violence, troubles and illegal activities affects straightaway the stability and the security prospects of the area that more unseen and marginal- though important – issues run the risk to be let apart. The Arbereshe are barely recognised within contemporary Italy and subsist as one of the most neglected community from a political point of view. On the contrary, other sub-alpine national minorities are largely granted and manage to play important roles into the internal and foreigh affairs. AS a matter of fact, while the French, German and Slovenia minorities got a special status within autonomous regions of the Italian Republic, the Arbereshe did not. The link with Albania is just fanciful and emotional, inscribed in people imagination but never really legitimised politically. Accordingly, Emilio Cocco attempts to investigate the significance of the 15th century overseas memories in the making of the Arbereshe identity. Moreover, he tries to highlight the nature of the Italo-Albanian bond constituted by the special Arbereshe experience. In other words, the point he makes is that the alleged descendants of the Skanderbeg would bear a double identity and their mythological make-up would work for a supra-national political identity, which is summed up by the sentence “Two Hearts, One country” and is symbolised by the image of Skanderbeg itself. The article is divided in three main parts: in the first one Emilio Cocco analyses some important pieces of work of the modern Arbereshe intellectual elite. In the second one, he considers the political present day implications of the famous epic of Skanderbeg. Finally, in the third part, Cocco illustrate show concretely the double-identity pattern keeps on projecting the Arbereshe community outside a single national framework. [...
Emilio Quevedo, historian of Colombian medicine
No full textNo solo es el artífice de los libros que dan cuenta de los hechos que sucedieron en la medicina nacional por varios siglos, también es el promotor de la reconstrucción de la historia médica en Latinoamérica. Perfil de uno de los personajes más sobresalientes de la historia de la medicina.Not only is he the author of books recounting the milestones of Colombian medicine over several centuries; he is also the prime mover behind the reconstruction of medical history in Latin America. This is the profile of one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine
Heraclitus philosophy on José Emilio Pacheco’s poetry
No full textThis work analyses Heraclitean construction of the becoming processin José Emilio Pacheco’s poetry, from the triple relationship between the past,\ua0present and future and the way in which the writing proposes the breakdown\ua0of its lyric characters lineal succession. Afterwards it deepens on nature cycles\ua0from the philosophical approach of the fugacity and the becoming process in\ua0three lyrical stages of the poetry of that Mexican author, the first of them comprises\ua0the collection of poems Los elementos de la noche, (1963) the second one El\ua0reposo del fuego (1966); the work published from No me preguntes como paso el\ua0tiempo (1969) until Los trabajos del mar (1984), and the third one, Miro la tierra\ua0(1987) until Como la lluvia and La edad de las tinieblas (both dating from 2009).Se analiza la construcción heracliteana del devenir en la poesía de\ua0José Emilio Pacheco, a partir de la relación triádica del pasado, presente y futuro\ua0y la forma que el escrito propone la ruptura de esa sucesión lineal por parte de\ua0sus personajes líricos. Posteriormente se profundiza en los ciclos de la naturaleza\ua0desde el enfoque filosófico de la fugacidad y el devenir en tres etapas líricas\ua0de la poesía del mexicano, la primera de las cuales está integrada por los poemarios\ua0Los elementos de la noche (1963) y El reposo del fuego (1966); la segunda,\ua0por la obra publicada desde No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo (1969) hasta\ua0Los trabajos del mar (1984), y la tercera, por Miro la tierra (1987) hasta Como la\ua0lluvia y La edad de las tinieblas (ambos de 2009)
Nazionalismo e astensionismo nella ex Jugoslavia
No full textEmilio Cocco presents in this chapter an analysis of the relations between the phenomenon of astensionism and the one of nationalism. Particularly, the author shed light on the way astensionism has favoured the electoral victory of right-wing and nationalist oriented parties throughout former Yugoslavia at the turn of the 21st century. Moreover, Emilio Cocco aism to establish a connection between the electoral strenght of the nationalist parties in former Yugoslavia and the empowerment of right-wing parties wihin the EU. The thesis suggested is that the weakening of the EU idea and the revival of ethnic, national or regional exclusivist ideas in Western Europe has had an impact on the local electoral arena of post-Yugosalv countries. Also, the lack of appeal of a non-nationalist approach and the contemporary growth of euro-skeptical orientation in the regional constituencies set the stage for a stronger stance of nationalism. The author takes into consideration political discourses and electoral data of different countries in Western Europe and former Yugoslavia, with special regards to the case of Croatia. Here, the analysis is more deep and Emilio Cocco approaches the most important features of the post-Tudjman political debate. First of all the thesis about the defensive carachter of the homeland war and the impossibility for Croatian citizens to be judged by any foregin or international tribunal. This thesis has been cherished by the right wing opinion and has animated a wide transversal nationalist front, which took antagonist stances in front of the EU and the International Community. Concretely, the electoral campagin that led to electoral success the nationalis parties in Croatia revolved around issues such as the one of the «indicted Generals» like Gotovina, Bobetko or Norac. The case of the «Generals» demonstrates how to stirr up nationalist feelings for electoral reasons is eventually detrimental to the international relations of the country itself. Accordingly, the author discusses the implication of the Tudjman's defensive doctrine for the present day realtions of Croatia with countries such as USA, UK and other EU countries
La Croazia si riscopre balcanica
No full textThe article represents one of the few and probably more detailed sociological and geopolitical analysis of the Croatian post-communist transtition in Italian language. It discussed the main issues and topics that shaped the public dbate of Croatia since the collapse of Yugoslavia. Emilio Cocco, the author, backs his arguments with references to political discourses, national symbolism, statistic, historiography and opinion leaders assessments. Nonetheless, the text is intended for a multidisciplinary audience and maintains a smooth style. Emilio Cocco main argument is that the nature of post-communist Croatian transition is paradoxical. On one hand , the efforts of the new Croatian national political and cultural elite were oriented towards the establishment of a European, Western and anti-Balkan national identity. On the other one, the same strategy eventually led to a somehow fratricide war, regional frictions, international isolation, cultural depression and human rights violations. To discuss his thesis, Emilio Cocco takes into consideration some crucial issues. Firstly, the problems deriving from the economic transition to market economy and the contested privatization process along nationalist lines, which was intended to create a politically loyal national middle class. Secondly, the quasi-totalitarian role of the HDZ, the major political party, which acted as a natural and necessary intermediary between the state and the people. By claiming the legitimacy to represent the only real interest of the Croats and of the Croatian state, the role of the HDZ was ambivalent and often authoritarian. Thirdly, the process of cultural separation and political deconciliation from the Serbs and from Yugoslavia. This process meant a differentiated set of politically oriented decisions in different cultural fields, from language policies, to education, cinema and arts. As a result, the new national elite promoted in the 1990s a politically approved way to be a Croat. And, eventually, the investment on ethnic policies that were intended to draw the borders of croat-ness had a negative impact at the territorial level, where regional and local differences became more relevants. As a conclusion, Emilio Cocco assumes that the end of the homeland war, the regional stabilisation and the EU integration process would lead to a progressive democratization and de-balkanisation of Croatia. Nonethelss, the way Croatian state has been founded won’t change and some political mythologies will be there in the future too. Therefore, the pacification of Croatia with Europe and the International Community would not necessary bring a similar step with the Balkan neighbours
L'analisi S.W.O.T.
No full textThis chapter is part of the methodological section of a scientific report issued after an exstensive fieldwork took place in the province of Teramo. The goal of the research has been to evaluate the state of the social services in the Province of Teramo and was carried out by a research group made of selected researchers belinging to the department of social Theories and Policies of Social Development of the University of Teramo. The chapter wrote by Emilio Cocco discusses the technique of the S.W.O.T. analysis as a tool to apply to the data collected in the present research work. The author describes how the SOWT technique was created and its first applications in the thoery of organisation and in political economy. Then, Emilio Cocco discusses the sociological implications of such a technique and the potentialities of its use for the treatement of complex set of data, which included both statistics and interviews. Some examples of the SOWT analysis and guidelines for a proper use are provided too. [...
The cycle of Damasco by Emilio Salgari: between orientalism and possible colonial configurations.
No full textreservedPartendo dalle riflessioni di Edward Said sull’orientalismo, lo studio rintraccia gli elementi che nel ciclo di Damasco di Emilio Salgari, ambientato durante lo scontro turco-veneziano culminato nella Battaglia di Lepanto, sono riconducibili ad una rappresentazione stereotipata e peggiorativa del Levante. La descrizione dei turchi come terribili e feroci e la loro frequente comparazione alle bestie sono degli indici che permettono di capire come la narrazione salgariana sia intrisa, complice l’insieme di fonti utilizzate dall’autore recante pregiudizi circa la zona levantina, di elementi ascrivibili all’orientalismo. Gli anni in cui Salgari scrive, quelli di inizio Novecento quando l’Italia si preparava alla conquista libica, suggeriscono che l’immagine turca presente nell’opera possa essere funzionale all’impresa stessa dal momento che, come argomenta Said, gli intenti politici di una nazione possono essere sostenuti da una preparazione in ambito culturale. La scrittura salgariana è stata poi oggetto di una strumentalizzazione da parte del Fascismo che se ne servì per consolidare l’idea della superiorità europea e questo è visibile anche nella trasposizione cinematografica del ciclo salgariano.Starting from the thoughts of Edward Said on Orientalism, this study traces the elements in Emilio Salgari's Damasco cycle, set during the Turkish-Venetian clash which culminated in the Battle of Lepanto, that can be attributed to a stereotypical and detrimental representation of the Levant. The description of the Turks as terrible and ferocious, as well as their frequent comparison to beasts, are indicators that help to understand how Salgari's narrative is full of elements attributable to Orientalism, also thanks to all the sources used by the author that conveyed prejudices about the Levantine area. In the early 1900s, Salgari’s literary activities occurred at the same time as Italy’s preparation for the conquest of Libia. This suggest that the Turkish image present in the work might have been functional to the achievement itself since, as Said states, the political aims of a nation can be supported by cultural preparation. Salgari's writing was later used by Fascism in order to consolidate the idea of European superiority. This is also visible in the cinematic adaptation of the Salgarian cycle
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